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The moves highlight growing uncertainty over whether crypto prediction markets are to be treated as finance or gambling.

The chairs of seven UK government committees have asked for a ban on crypto donations to be added to an elections bill set to be introduced soon.

A ban on Bitcoin? Even the suggestion as part of a thought experiment is bound to chafe the crypto community.

The Dutch AFM issued warnings about crypto market manipulation, focusing on pump-and-dump schemes ahead of MiCA’s implementation in December.

Launched in 2017, Feixiaohao is one of the many Chinese websites that remained operational even after the major cryptocurrency ban was enforced in China in 2021.

Data suggested that more than ten million Chinese nationals lived outside the country, giving Bybit access to a larger pool of crypto users.

The Financial Intelligence Unit issued a notice of noncompliance against 10 foreign crypto exchanges on Dec. 28, 2023.

The group, “Bitcoin Argentina,” previously rejected the idea that regulation was needed in the cryptocurrency industry.

The bill’s sponsor, Representative Greg Vitali, included a clause that instead subjects miners to ongoing reporting requirements to get the bill passed by a Pennsylvania House committee.

Adedeji Owonibi stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria should have created a blockchain regulation strategy in 2021 instead of cutting ties between cryptocurrency exchange firms and local banks.

Kuwait’s Capital Markets Authority has officially confirmed the commitment to “absolute prohibition” of virtually all crypto operations in the country.

Cryptocurrency trading is legal in Indonesia, but the use of crypto for payments carries hefty penalties, including jail time.

The Writers Guild of America sent out a list of demands to Hollywood studios, including regulating AI usage in guild-affiliated projects.

The company-wide ban prevents Samsung employees from accessing generative AI tools on all Samsung-owned devices and internal networks.

The revocation of the ban in Italy required ChatGPT to reveal its data processing practices and implement age-gating measures, among other legal requirements.